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FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATES (THE FCA) Role: Senior/Supervising Social Worker Salary: Up to £39,142.63 per annum - Dependent upon experience Benefits: Company Car or £2,000 Car Allowance, 30 days' Annual Leave, rising to 35 day's with length of service, + Bank Holidays (pro-rata), Life Assurance, Company Pension, On-site Free Parking, Employee Discount Scheme & Medical Cash Plan Location: Durham ABOUT US Set up by a former foster parent and former social worker in 1994, Foster Care Associates (FCA) is an established fostering agency which forms part of the Polaris Community - one of the UK's largest leading communities of children's service providers. The business was born out of an enthusiasm for delivering fostering services to make a positive difference to the lives of looked after children. Our first office was in the Worcestershire countryside, and that's still where our Head Office is today. We've come a long way since those early days and, over the years, FCA has built a strong reputation for excellence, and now offers a wide range of services to children and families. But our purpose remains the same; 'to make a positive and lasting difference for children, families and communities', and it's underpinned by a series of values designed to help us assist children and young people to reach their full potential. Today, we're one of the country's largest and most experienced independent fostering agencies. But just because we're large doesn't mean we're impersonal. At FCA we're one big family, and we're committed to supporting every single child and foster parent, every single minute of the day. DUTIES WILL INCLUDE: • Support foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care., • Support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of Foster parents ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people., • Ensure that carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in the FCA policies and procedures., • Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster parents in line with FCA's Operational Standards., • Work in partnership in a team parenting approach to help identify any needs within the foster family e.g. respite, activities, therapy, holidays, with all members of the child's network, including contributing to all relevant meetings and any other tasks defined., • Ensure each child and foster parent are fully compliant in respect of all key documentation., • Attend meetings and/or provide reports for Commissioning Teams to address individual packages of care., • Promote participation of children/young people in the development of the agency and in accessing resources and opportunities in their local community., • Participate in an 'out of hours' support service on a rota basis, • A Social Work qualification, • Professional registration with Social Work England or equivalent, • Proven ability to produce a high standard of report writing, • A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures, • The willingness and ability to travel extensively (including occasional nights away), • Confidence with transporting children and young people in sometimes stressful/difficult situations To be considered, please apply and we will be in touch. No agencies please. Foster Care Associates is an equal opportunities employer and has been awarded the disability confident employer by the jobcentre plus. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. PandoLogic. Category:Social Services, Keywords:Adoption Social Worker, Location:Houghton Le Spring, ENG-DH4 4AF

Work Winning Manager / Senior Bid Manager Boldon -Northeast Permanent Competitive Salary + Benefits Summary This is an exciting opportunity to take on a role where you’ll be responsible for managing and delivering bids within an area of the business that turns over £25 million pa. You will play a key role in driving successful outcomes by providing clear direction, motivation, and support to the bid team — ensuring alignment with business goals and full compliance with company policies and procedures. Some of the key deliverables in this role will include: • Provide leadership for bid team and keep up to date with industry movements and trends in order to demonstrate our credibility and influence current/prospective clients., • Work with the Business Development Managers to identify and convert work winning opportunities into profitable contracts, in line with business strategy., • Develop and maintain a network of external relationships, to raise the company profile, generate new business opportunities, understand the competition., • Use expertise, market intelligence, customer knowledge and influence to prepare a bid winning strategy that differentiates NG Bailey from our competition., • Secure support from work winning and operational leaders, involving internal/external stakeholders, to deliver the bid within budget., • Undertake peer review with Senior Bid Manager or Pre-Contract Manager. Present prime cost values, with risks and opportunities at final settlement., • Manage the production of allocated bid submissions. Someone who comes from a background in Engineering, ideally as a Project Manager or Engineer, who has already made the move into Bid Management and comes with experience in this area. Benefits: We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes: • Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle), • Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution, • Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days, • Private Medical Insurance, • Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice), • Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes. As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation. We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. About Us: We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training. Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies. Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be. #LI-MD1

Project Engineer - Mechanical Building Services Boldon Perm Competitive Salary + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits Summary We have an exciting new opportunity for a mechanically biased Project Engineer to join our Boldon team, working on a decarbonisation project in Teesside. In this role you will play a key part in delivery of this project, being responsible for ensuring that all activities within your area of control are engineered to specification, and delivered safely, profitably and to customer satisfaction. This is a permanent staff position with NG Bailey, and will be site based with some occasional work required in the Boldon office. What we’re looking for: • Ensuring that our safety first and foremost message is visible and alive through all activities on the project, • Participate in pre-commencement activities to maximise opportunities, efficiency and profitability, • Review the project scope of works to ensure precise provision of the customer’s requirements, • Contribute to the identification of project risks and opportunities, and take responsibility to mitigate or enhance those in your control, • Ensure engineering solutions are procured and delivered to financial and commercial objectives., • Provide accurate and timely information on site progress, • Manage any sub-contract resource if applicable., • Provide leadership to project team members within your area of control, maximising performance and ensuring objectives are met., • Build and maintain positive customer relationships To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable mechanical building services experience in a construction environment, and previous experience in a similar role. Industry recognised trade or professional qualification Apprenticeship in mechanical discipline Experience of working on high value projects desirable Benefits: We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes: • Car/Car allowance, • Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle), • Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution, • Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days, • Private Medical Insurance, • Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice), • Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes. As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation. We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. About Us: We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training. Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies. Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be. #LI-LO1 #LI-onsite

An independent veterinary practice in North East England is looking for a full-time Small Animal Vet to join their compassionate team.You will have the opportunity to provide care without on-call duties and enjoy regular team-building activities.With a salary ranging from £38,000 to £65,000 and be

Healthwatch Sunderland Engagement Officer.Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 00:00.Healthwatch is the independent consumer champion for Health and Social Care.We ensure that NHS and social care leaders hear the voices of those who use their services and use feedback to improve care.We are looking to recruit

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Fairfield School of Business (FSB) is an OfS-registered higher education and training provider with learning facilities situated in regional economic hubs across England.We work with communities and employers to offer high quality, enriching academic experiences that lead to genuine professional adv

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